Biometric systems are increasingly being leveraged across the nation for homeland security missions and the security of U.S. citizens. With this increased implementation, the U.S. Department of ...

When UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, began collecting biometrics in 2002, it was for one local and very specific use case: To facilitate fair and single-time cash grants, and irises of Afghan refugees ...

The Department of Homeland Security is prepping for a contract to acquire a cloud-enabled software tool to help manage its biometric identity system and validate system requirements, according to a ...

Although it wasn't called biometrics at the time, a rudimentary form of the technology emerged in 1901 when Scotland Yard adopted fingerprint classification to identify criminal suspects. The ...

Biometric authentication—using fingerprints, facial recognition or even iris recognition—has become an integral part of our society and digital security. I'm asked questions about about this topic ...

There’s a familiar pattern in security that Robbie Sinclair, former head of security for Country Energy in New South Wales, Australia, once summed up perfectly: “Security is always excessive until ...

Considering a biometric access system? Experts offer practical advice in these dos and don’ts. DO expect resistance. All biometrics systems require user enrollment and credentialing, which are ...

The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen inside a press conference room on May 11, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Department of ...